Lath anchoring and supporting device



Aug. 31 1926.

- R. JOHNSON I LATH ANCHORING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed 'Sept. so, 1925 INVENTO/i. I l5. M fluoouw Jan/150w. 5) H15 firromvns I Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

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LATH ANOI-IORING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Application filed September 30, 1925.

This invention relates to anchoring or retaining devices for the ends of laths or other analogous members employed to form a wall. .Vhile it is capable of wide general use, in building, it is especially adapted to anchor the ends of a plurality of laths forming a wall having a diagonally extending side.

It is often necessary inerecting a stairway or the wall extending up to the roof of a building, to provide some means for securing and anchoring the ends of the laths employed which terminate between the pieces of studding.

Hitherto, two by fours or other stringer members have been sawed at an angle at their ends and diagonally disposed between the studding to furnish a support to which the diagonally disposed ends of a plurality of laths could be secured. The preparation or cutting of these several short pieces adapted to extend diagonally between the studding has always necessitated a considerable amount of work on the part of the car penter erecting the wall about a staircase or other diagonally extending building structure.

It is the main object of this invention to provide an extremely simple but highly efticient anchoring strip which may be supported from the furring board of a stairway or any suitable supporting surface adjacent the wall formed by the laths, having means for engaging the adjacent ends of a plurality of laths to support and anchor the same for plastering.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a lath anchoring and supporting strip adapted to be attached to any vertically or diagonally extending supporting surf-ace and having a longitudinal seat of substantially U-shaped cross section adapted to anchor the ends of a plurality of laths forming a wall.

A still further object is to provide such a device constructed from a single elongated sheet of preferably resilient sheet metal bent or pressed to form an attaching base and a seat of U-shaped cross section disposed at an angle thereto and having a re-enforced side and bottom.

An additional object of the invention is to provide said anchoring strip with means whereby the ends of the laths or analagous members'may be nailed or otherwise secured thereto.

Serial No. 59,528.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and in which Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a stairway showing the adjacent wall in elevation with the preferred form of the invention employed to retain the diagonally arranged ends of the plurality of laths forming the wall;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 with some parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the preferred form of the invention;

Fig. 1 is a cross section taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section showing the preferred form of the device employed on a vertically disposed building member on tending between a beam and the floor of a room.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the usual vertically parallel spaced studding, is indicated by the numeral 6 having secured thereto and eX- tending diagonally there-across, the furring board 7 for the stairway. The usual stringer 8, cut out to form the steps, is secured flush against the furring board 7 and the step boards 9 and 10, respectively, are supported and secured to stringer 8 and the stringer (not shown) on the opposite side of the stairway. A plurality of laths 11 are secured transversely of the studding 6 and spaced slightly apart in the usual manner for the plaster and having their ends adjacent the furring board by necessity diagonally arranged.

The anchoring and supporting device, designated as an entirety by the letter A, for the ends of the laths, is constructed from an elongated strip of preferably somewhat resilient sheet metal. This strip is bent on a line parallel with its sides to form a relatively wide base portion 12 and an elongated seat of substantially U-shaped cross section extending preferably at right angles thereto, having a re-enforced inner side 18 formed of two thicknesses of the strip, an outer side 14 of one thickness of the material extending substantially to side 13, and a reenforced bottom portion 15 of two thicknesses of the material. To form this structure, an elongated strip of metal is first bent upwardly at an angle of approximately 90, then bent down inwardly flush against the perpendicular side so formed, then bent outwardly to form the bottom portion of the seat fiush against the base portion 12 and again bent upwardly at an angle of 'approximately 90 to form the outer side portion 14 of the seat.

In the outer side 14 of the seat a plurality of longitudinally spaced relatively large apertures l l are provided, adapted to retain the plaster about the sides of the device and ends of the laths. Side 14 is also provided with a plurality of relatively small longitudinally spaced apertures 1 1" througn which nails may be passed to positively secure the anchoring device to the ends of the laths if desired. A relatively narrow'flange 12 may be clown-turned from the base portion 12 to properly aline the device with the edge of a board or supporting surface on which it is applied.

In Fig. 5 the device is shown applied to a vertically disposed board or member 16 extending between a beam 17 and the floor of a room. The laths 11 in the wall here formed terminate in a vertical line. Plaster 18 is illustrated adhering to the laths 11 and outer sides 14 of the anchoring de vice A.

The functions and use of the device will probably be obvious from the foregoing description but may be briefly summarized as follows:

In Figs; 1 and 2 the base portion 12 of the anchoring device is secured by nails or other suitable means to an edge of the furring board 7 with the elongated seat disposed in alinem'ent with the laths 11. The ends of the laths 11 adjacent the furring board are inserted in the seat of the anchoring device as they are nailed to the stud-- ding and are embraced by the sides 13 and 14, and supported and retained within said. seat. If desired, the laths may be nailed to the anchoring devices through the apertures 14? It will be seen that the several laths which terminate between the several pieces of studding, falling short thereof, will be anchored and supported by the diagonally disposed strip A. Likewise, it will be seen in Fig. 5 that the strip may be employed in vertical position where required. Apertures 14? in the outer sides 14 provide sufficient irregularities for the retention of the plaster.

From the above description, it will be seen that an extremely simple but highly efiicient device of the class described has been invented and can be manufactured at little cost, and will eliminate a great deal of labor and expense in constructing walls within a building, obviating the necessity of diagonal stringers between the stud'ding; EX- tensive actual usage of the device has shown the same to be highly successful for all of the purposes intended.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, proportions and arrangement of parts without departing from the scope of' the invention. I

lVhat is claimed is:

I 1. A device of the class described, comprising an elongated strip having -a relatively wide base portion adapted to be secured to a supporting surface, an elongated seat of substantially U-shaped cross section extending substantially at right angles to said base portion and adapted to receive and anchor the ends of a plurality of laths or analogous members and a flange at one side of said base portion adapted to abut the edge of a supporting surface.

2. A-device for anchoring and supporting the ends of a plurality of laths or analogous members, comprising an elongated member having a base portion and a downtu-rned flange at one side thereof, said base portion having means thereon for attachment to a supportingsurface with said flange abutting one edge of the supportingsurface, said member projecting upwardly at substantially right angles to said base portion and being reversely bent toeXtend downwardly from said upwardly projecting portion to said base portion, then being bent at right angles to extend along said base portion for a short distance, to be again upwardly bent at substantially right angles to said base portion.

3. The combination with a plurality of parallel spaced members, a diagonally disposed member secured there-across, and a plurality of laths or analogous members Secured across said spaced members to form a wall terminating adjacent the sides of said diagonal member, of a device of the class described comprising an elongated member having a base portion secured to an edge of said diagonally disposed member and an elongated seat of substantially U-shaped cross section adapted to embrace and anchor the adjacent ends of said laths'or other members. I

at. The combination with the studding of a building. an elongated strip secured diagonally across said studding, and a plurality of laths or analogous members secured to said studding and terminating adjacent said strip, of an elongated member having a base portion secured to an ec ge of said strip, a downturned flange on said member abutting a side of said strip and an elongated relativelynarrow seat formed in said member at substantially right angles to said base portion, within which the tea-ninals of said laths or analogous members are anchored.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

RUDOLPH JOHNSON. 

